Marreca should be the first to leave PEN.
A declared enemy of the Brazilian left, Congressman Jair Bolsonaro, in addition to demanding that an article be included in the PEN party's statute prohibiting alliances with parties of this ideological field in order to sign the membership form, wants PEN to have a candidate for governor in Maranhão and to distance itself from Governor Flávio Dino's coalition; local leaders, however, disagree and threaten a general exodus; the first to leave the party is expected to be federal congressman Júnior Marreca.
Jorge Vieira's Blog - A declared enemy of the Brazilian left, Congressman Jair Bolsonaro, in addition to demanding that an article be included in the statute of the National Ecological Party prohibiting alliances with parties of this ideological field in order to sign the membership form, wants the PEN to have a candidate for governor in Maranhão and to distance itself from the coalition of Governor Flávio Dino. Local leaders, however, disagree and threaten a general exodus.
Bolsonaro, who wants to change the name of PEN to Patriota and transform it into an extreme right-wing party, will be presented as the party's pre-candidate for the Presidency of the Republic in 2018, in the party's electoral program that will be broadcast on radio and television this Tuesday (26), which has been causing unease among local leaders. The first to leave the party should be federal deputy Júnior Marreca.
Due to Bolsonaro's imposition, Congressman Marreca, the only representative from Maranhão of the party in the Federal Chamber, has begun talks and is ready to switch his affiliation to the PDT. According to information obtained by the blog from reliable sources, State Representative César Pires, City Councilor Mercial Lima, and the vast majority of the local leadership are also expected to leave the PEN party, and are already in talks with other parties.
Dissatisfaction within the party organization in the state is widespread and could result in a mass exodus, especially after Bolsonaro made it a condition for his presidential candidacy to prohibit alliances with the PCdoB, PDT, PT, and other left-wing parties, and to force the PEN party to have a gubernatorial candidate so that he has his own platform in Maranhão.
Bolsonaro's imposition regarding Maranhão will cost the party, led in the state by former congressman Jota Pinto and allied with the state and municipal governments, its power to withdraw. According to the party's new statutes, they will be forced to withdraw from the alliance that elected Edivaldo Holanda Junior mayor and Flávio Dino governor. The local leadership disagrees with the imposition and is expected to return control of the party to the national executive.